Social functioning and psychological well-being of 347 young adults with epilepsy only - Population-based, controlled study from Finland

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 907-912

  Koponen, Anne ^a   Seppälä, Ullamaija ^a   Eriksson, Kai ^b   Nieminen, Pirkko ^c   Uutela, Antti ^d   Sillanpää, Matti ^e   Hyvärinen, Leena ^f   Kälviäinen, Reetta ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^f Finnish Epilepsy Association   (Finland)

^g KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Education; Employment; Epilepsy; Psychological well being; Self image; Social functioning; Social relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; CONTROL GROUPS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 34248547459     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01017.x     Document Type: Article

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